Association of childhood physical and sexual abuse with arthritis in adulthood: Findings from a population-based study
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate childhood physical and sexual abuse as factors associated with arthritis among adults from selected states in the United States. Data for this study came from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. An analytic sample...
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doaj-17671f5cae614099a5c35783bc9979192021-08-14T04:30:14ZengElsevierPreventive Medicine Reports2211-33552021-09-0123101463Association of childhood physical and sexual abuse with arthritis in adulthood: Findings from a population-based studyPhilip Baiden0Lisa S. Panisch1Henry K. Onyeaka2Catherine A. LaBrenz3Yeonwoo Kim4The University of Texas at Arlington, School of Social Work, 211 S. Cooper St., Box 19129, Arlington, TX 76019, United States; Corresponding author.University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, 300 Crittenden Blvd., Rochester, NY 14642, United StatesHarvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, United StatesThe University of Texas at Arlington, School of Social Work, 211 S. Cooper St., Box 19129, Arlington, TX 76019, United StatesThe University of Texas at Arlington, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Department of Kinesiology, 500 W. Nedderman Dr., Arlington, TX 76019, United StatesThe objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate childhood physical and sexual abuse as factors associated with arthritis among adults from selected states in the United States. Data for this study came from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. An analytic sample of 75,717 adults 18–75 years old (49.7% female) was analyzed using log-binomial regression. The outcome variable investigated in this study was arthritis, and the main explanatory variables were childhood physical and sexual abuse. Of the 75,717 respondents examined, 20,938 (representing 27.6%) had arthritis. A little over one in four respondents (25.5%) experienced childhood physical abuse and 5.6% experienced childhood sexual abuse by age 18. In the multivariable regression, respondents who experienced childhood physical abuse had 1.36 times the risk of having arthritis when compared to respondents who did not experience childhood physical abuse (ARR = 1.36, p < .001, 95% CI = 1.28–1.46). Respondents who experienced childhood sexual abuse had 1.60 times the risk of having arthritis when compared to respondents who did not experience childhood sexual abuse (ARR = 1.74, p < .001, 95% CI = 1.54–1.97). The findings of this study demonstrate that childhood physical and sexual abuse are associated with arthritis later in adulthood. The associations persisted even after adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic status, body mass index (BMI), current smoking status, and self-perceived physical health. The findings of this study add to the burgeoning number of studies demonstrating the adverse impact of childhood physical and sexual abuse on chronic health outcomes among adults.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335521001534ArthritisChildhood physical abuseChildhood sexual abuseChronic illness |
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Association of childhood physical and sexual abuse with arthritis in adulthood: Findings from a population-based study |
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Association of childhood physical and sexual abuse with arthritis in adulthood: Findings from a population-based study |
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Association of childhood physical and sexual abuse with arthritis in adulthood: Findings from a population-based study |
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Association of childhood physical and sexual abuse with arthritis in adulthood: Findings from a population-based study |
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association of childhood physical and sexual abuse with arthritis in adulthood: findings from a population-based study |
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Preventive Medicine Reports |
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The objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate childhood physical and sexual abuse as factors associated with arthritis among adults from selected states in the United States. Data for this study came from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. An analytic sample of 75,717 adults 18–75 years old (49.7% female) was analyzed using log-binomial regression. The outcome variable investigated in this study was arthritis, and the main explanatory variables were childhood physical and sexual abuse. Of the 75,717 respondents examined, 20,938 (representing 27.6%) had arthritis. A little over one in four respondents (25.5%) experienced childhood physical abuse and 5.6% experienced childhood sexual abuse by age 18. In the multivariable regression, respondents who experienced childhood physical abuse had 1.36 times the risk of having arthritis when compared to respondents who did not experience childhood physical abuse (ARR = 1.36, p < .001, 95% CI = 1.28–1.46). Respondents who experienced childhood sexual abuse had 1.60 times the risk of having arthritis when compared to respondents who did not experience childhood sexual abuse (ARR = 1.74, p < .001, 95% CI = 1.54–1.97). The findings of this study demonstrate that childhood physical and sexual abuse are associated with arthritis later in adulthood. The associations persisted even after adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic status, body mass index (BMI), current smoking status, and self-perceived physical health. The findings of this study add to the burgeoning number of studies demonstrating the adverse impact of childhood physical and sexual abuse on chronic health outcomes among adults. |
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